Gate.



Wmoa Jaw J. F. MONBILL- GATE.

APPLICATION FILED 001. e. 1904.

PATENTED JUNE 18 1901.

wz/ Wwfi JOHN FRANCIS MoNEILL, OF MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application filed October 8, 1904, Serial No. 227,721.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JonN FRANCIS Mo- N EILL, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, &c., residing at the corner of Spencer and Bourke streets, Melbourne, in the State of Victoria and Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to an improvement in swinging gates, comprehending specifically a lever connection therefor in the use of which the gate may be opened or closed from either side by a person in a vehicle or on horse back.

The main object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of such devices with a view to insuring the efficiency and convenience of their operation.

The invention will be described in the following specification, reference being had. par

, ticularly to the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the swinging gate to which my improved operating device has been applied, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the operating lever detached, Fig. 3 is an elevation of the locking post for the gate.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, 1 represents a gate, 2 a hinge post therefor and. 3 a locking post therefor, the latter being provided with a latching member 4 designed to be engaged by a pin 5 carried by the cooperating end of the gate.

So far as the present invention is concorned the specific details of the gate, or of the latching means is immaterial, and the forms illustrated are intended. to represent any conventional structure designed for the purpose.

The rear end of the gate is hinged to the post 2 at its lower end through a hinge con nection 6, which in the present instance is shown as a right angle bracket supported upon a pintle projecting from the post, though such specific construction is not essential.

The particular feature to which the present invention is directed is the operating lever 7 whereby the upper end of the gate is connected to the hinge post 2. This lever comprises a handle portion 8, from the forward end of which projects at right angles a depending section 9. A pivot section 10 extends at right angles to said section 9 and in parallel relation to the handle portion 8. The pivot section 10 is provided with depending studs 1.1 and 12, the former being arranged adjacent the connection of the pivot section with the depending section, while the latter projects from the pivot section adjacent its free or relatively forward end. The lever is connected to the gate by seating the stud 12 in the upper end of the gate post, and to the hinge post 2 by mounting the stud 11 in a right angle bracket 13 secured to the relatively forward surface of the post adjacent its upper end. The de pending portion 9 of the lever is of such length that the handle portion 8 is projected above the upper end of the post 2, with the effect to clear said post in operation.

The free end of the handle portion 8 of the lever is formed with an opening 14 to which are connected the inner terminals of flexible connectors 15 and 16 extending in opposite directions from the lever and preferably passed over idlers 17 secured in auxiliary posts 1b, the ends of the connectors being provided with suitable handles 19. A gate securing means is shown at 20, comprising a pivoted dog 21 freely movable in one direction to be displaced by the gate in swinging toward the securing means, and limited in the opposite direction in any preferred manner, the specific structure of this securing means being wholly immaterial and forming no part of the present invention.

In use a person approaching the gate from either side and pulling upon either connector 15 or 16 will rock the lever 7 upon its pivot 11, thereby throwing the gate slightly out of its perpendicular position and disengaging the pin 5 from the latch. A further pull upon the connector swings the gate into cngagement with either securing means 20. The gate is closed by an identical movement, the tilting of the gate from its perpendicular withdrawing it from its latching means. After initial swinging of the gate on its pivot 11 the gate tends to automatically, by its own weight move into the direction opposite to that of the pull.

The precise details of construction herein illustrated and described may be varied in minor particulars without departing from the spirit of this invention, and I consider all such changes and variations which'may fall within the scope of the appended claim as a part of the present invention.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new, is i The combination with a gate post, of a gate hinged at its lower end to said post, and an operating lever connecting the upper portion of the gate With the post, said lever comprising a handle portion, a section depending-at right angles from the end of the handle portion, and a section projecting at right angles from the depending portion in parallel relation to the handle portion, said latter portion being connected at its end to the gate and pivotally connected intermediate its ends to the post, and means for operating the lever. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 2o DGSSBS.

JOHN FRANCIS MONEILL.

Witnesses HENRY CARTER, L. CARTER. 

